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PETRE, William (1626-84)

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b. Dec. 1626, 1st s. of Robert Petre†, 3rd Bar. Petre, and Mary, da. of Anthony Browne†, 2nd Visct. Montagu; bro. John Petre, 5th Bar. Petre Thomas Petre, 6th Bar. Petre. educ. privately in Oxford; travelled abroad (France) 1642. m. (1) (with £5,000, settlement 15 May 1649), Essex RO, D/DP/F47. Elizabeth (d.1665), da. of John Savage†, 2nd Earl Rivers, sep. c. Jan. 1652; TNA, C10/18/105. (2) (settlement 29 Nov. 1672), Essex RO, D/DP/F64. Bridget (d.1695), coh. of John Pincheon of Writtle, Essex, 1da. d. 5 Jan. 1684; will 20 Dec. 1683, pr. 14 June 1684. TNA, PROB 11/375.
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Associated with: Thorndon (also known as West Horndon) Hall, Essex and Petre House, Aldersgate St., London . (until 1663)
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FITZROY, Charles (1683-1757)

Family and Education
b. 25 Oct. 1683, o.s. Henry Fitzroy, duke of Grafton, and Isabella, da. Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington. educ. travelled abroad (Low countries, France, Italy) 1698-1700, Padua Univ. 17 Feb. 1701; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 465; Post Boy, 24-27 Feb. 1700; H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’universita di Padova, 182. LLD Camb. 1705. Al. Cant. m. 30 Apr. 1713, Lady Henrietta Somerset (d.1726), da. of Charles Somerset‡, styled mq. of Worcester, sis. of Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort, 5s. d. v.p. 4da. (2 v.p.); 1 illeg. s. KG 1721. d. 6 May 1757; will 15 Apr. 1756, pr. 16 May 1757. TNA, PROB 11/830.
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Master of horse, duke of Gloucester 1698; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 360. gent. of the bedchamber, King George I 1714 – 17; ld. high steward, coronation of George I, 1714; ld. justice [I] 1715 – 17; PC 1715; ld. lt. of Ireland 1720 – 24; ld. justice [GB] 1720, 1723, 1725, 1727, 1740, 1743, 1745, 1748, 1750, 1752, 1755; ld. chamberlain. 1724 – d.

Ranger, Whittlewood forest 1705 – d.; ld. lt., Suff. 1705 – d.; v.-adm., Suff. 1705–d. recorder, Coventry 1724; gov. Charterhouse 1734.

Capt. tp. of horse 1703. CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 267; Marlborough-Godolphin Corresp. 162 n.8.

Associated with: Euston, Suff.; Wakefield Lodge, Northants.;VCH Northants. v. 18-37.; Bond Street, Westminster;Daily Courant, 7 June 1707; British Mercury, 9-11 Jan. 1712.; Golden Square Westminster.Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1703-5, NPG; oils on canvas, attrib. to W. Hoare, 1735-45, NPG; oil on canvas by Sir J. Reynolds (Ashmolean).

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LEVESON GOWER, John (1675-1709)

Family and Education
b. 7 Jan. 1675, o. surv. s. of Sir William Leveson Gower‡, 4th bt., of Stittenham, Yorks. and Jane, da. John Granville, earl of Bath. educ. James Linfield’s sch., Westminster 1690-1. m. Sept. 1692 (with £15,000), Katherine (d.1722), da. John Manners, 9th earl (later duke) of Rutland, 4s. (inc. William Leveson Gower,‡ and Thomas Leveson Gower‡), 2da. suc. fa. 22 Dec. 1691. d. 31 Aug. 1709; will 28 Aug. 1709, pr. 27 Feb. 1710. TNA, PROB 11/513.
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PC 21 Apr. 1702 – 20 May 1707; chan. of the duchy of Lancaster 1702 – 06; commr. union with Scotland 1702, 1706.

Steward, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1694 – 98; freeman, Preston 1702.

Associated with: Trentham, Staffs.; Stittenham, Yorks.; Dover St., Westminster.J.R. Wordie, Estate Management in Eighteenth-Century England, 77; Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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